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Scottish ministers are being forced to change the law on tuition fees for hundreds of students from migrant families after a landmark court case.

Lawyers successfully argued that Iraq-born Ola Jasim, who has lived in Scotland since she was 11, had her human rights breached.

She was told she could not access free tuition because she was two months short of the length of time required.

The Scottish government said it was committed to a fair funding system.

The Court of Session case was brought by Ola Jasim, a 20-year-old who has been in Scotland for nine years.

Her whole secondary school education was at a school in Glasgow and she excelled in all her examinations.

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